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softonic_es_7z915.exe

Igor Pavlov

The application softonic_es_7z915.exe, “7-Zip File Manager” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Wise Installer installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from free-es.softonic.com.
Publisher:
Igor Pavlov

Description:
7-Zip File Manager

Version:
9.15.0.0

MD5:
75f755b17dcc87804fd7070b94b1d62c

SHA-1:
2366dea0835fee132c8799f960bff7ca7901e30b

SHA-256:
90066c5553322b5ec530fbc72a9114d7887cee0755c58e816acc9f1addbef654

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/18/2025 7:54:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softonic.Bundle (L)
16.2.25.18

File size:
3.6 MB (3,776,512 bytes)

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 1999-2008 Igor Pavlov

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Wise Installer

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\softonic_es_7z915.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/8/1999 9:24:47 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:LG7cd5CvpWeENPg4yUHjajVpctb94mJznglbEt:fAvpDAPTyUH2jY9qmJ7g0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 78, 05, 00, 00, 53, 56, BE, 04, 01, 00, 00, 57, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 56, 33, DB, 50, 53, FF, 15, 34, 20, 40, 00, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 56, 50, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 50, FF, 15, 30, 20, 40, 00, 8B, 3D, 2C, 20, 40, 00, 53, 53, 6A, 03, 53, 6A, 01, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 68, 00, 00, 00, 80, 50, FF, D7, 83, F8, FF, 89, 45, FC, 0F, 84, 7B, 01, 00, 00, 8D, 85, 90, FC, FF, FF, 50, 56, FF, 15, 28, 20, 40, 00, 8D, 85, 98, FE, FF, FF, 50, 53, 8D, 85, 90, FC, FF, FF, 68, 10, 30, 40, 00, 50...
 
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Entropy:
7.9989

Packer / compiler:
Wise Installer Stub

Code size:
512 Bytes (512 bytes)

The file softonic_es_7z915.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://free-es.softonic.com/free/26000/.../Softonic_ES_7z915.exe

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